AKM Type I – characterized by a large bulbous handle of plastic material, which has a slot for a bayonet lug for attachment to the rifle and a hole for a wrist strap and a Bowie type blade with a clip point and sharpened only on one side and without any fullers.

Russian Designated: “6X3“
German Designated: “Modell 59“
Polish Designated: “6H3”
Hungarian Designated: “Model 1963“

1959 – AKM Type I (6X3) Bayonet adopted Russia
1959 – ”Modell 59” Adaopted in Germany
1959 – AKM Type I (6H3) Bayonet adopted in Poland
1959 – AKM Type I Bayonet adopted in Romania
1963 – “Model 1963” AKM Type I Bayonet adopted in Hungry
1963 – SVD Introduced with M1959 AKM Type I Bayonet

AKM Type I produced by:

• East Germany
• Hungary
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia

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